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TUKSDAY. OCTOBER 2H, iQ.m
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OFFICIAL 8TU0BNT PUBLICATION
UNIVCRSITV OF NEBRASKA
Publlahad Tuttday. Wadntidiy. Thunday, Friday and
Sunday mornlnoa durlno in aoadamla yaar.
7 THIRTIETH VEAR
EntaraJ aa aecond-claaa mattat at tha P,'',c Q
Lincoln. Nebraaka. under act at eongreii, March S. 1879.
and at apaelal rata of pottaga provided for In aaction
110J act of Ootobar I. 1117. authonted January M, 1922.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
William T. MoCleery Edltor.in-eniat
Robart K.l.y ..7. - W.H.
Newa Editors
Franeea Holvoka Arth", MlteheM
William Modaffln Eugene McKim
Rax Wagner Editor
eranuc. Hoffman. .- .. todaty Editor
Charlaa Lawlor .....Acting Bualneaa Manager
Acalatant Bualneaa Managery
a.nahar Thompson
ICMER
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Tale Japer ki rjM-Btedfej tral
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Hypocrisy Is
The Moral Issue.
A ooed'B mother brings a significant pt
into the discussion of smoking rooms for uni
versity women through Morning Mail. She
does not approve of the practice itself, but she
prefers to have it recognized and not allowed
to flourish in dark corners.
This must be the opinion of many parents.
Those who are reasonably -well informed con
cerning the behavior of their daughters must
recognize the trend toward smoking. The de
ceit and hypocrisy which daughters practice m
evading a rule is the real moral issue.
The Nebraskan is not attempting to stage a
lurid campaign to place a lighted cigaret in
every coed mouth. It is not attempting to
flaunt the colors of flaming youth before its
reading public. "Why must house mothers,
alumni, university officers take this editorial
attempt to correct a present evil as selfish and
childisht
Smoking is a silly habit, but silly habits are
' common. We consider deceit more injurious to
character than indulgence in the smoking
habit. ,
So we trod down the path toward coed bmok
ing rooms. Let the semi-righteous sling their
mud pies; do not stay the hand of opposition.
We are convinced that this battle, whether it
.nds in victory, defeat, slander or disgrace. js
for the ultimate good of University of Ne
braska students.
How appropriate it is to have Dad's day on
t he, first of the month !
Some fraternity pledges might have sneak
night in the library. It's a fine, place to hide.
Talking Through the
Well Known Head Gear.
Mad Hatter believes that the university body
has extremely low taste in humor. For that
reason he moans his dirge over the . Awgwan
and prays that it will remain in its grave.
Smutty stories, unfortunately, are rather
popular in many circles. University students
are not above .cracking a smile at. witticisms
which border on the indiscreet. It is much eas
ier for the humorist to get laughs by shocking
his readers; so college magazines toddle along
the brink of obscenity and some fall over the
edge.
That is not necessary. It is quite possible
for a college humor publication to be clever
without being dirty. True, more effort is re
quired on the part of staff members to assem
ble laugh-provoking quips which smack of pur
ity, but it can be done.
If the Awgwan cannot succeed on this cam
pus without swooping down into the regions
of smut, we add our chorus to Mad Hatter's
ditty in Morning Mail. We are not completely
soured on the student body, however. The
Awgwan can succeed without cracking dirty
jokes.
As for the Barb council's demand that half
the Awgwan staff be composed of nonfrater
nity students that would be a good joke in
the first Awgwan. Why not require the staff
to be half blondes and half brunettes?
Barbs should not be discriminated against.
Jf they have qualified representatives, we
would not object to a staff made up entirely of
non-Greeks. But to ordain that the staff be
half-and-half tsk, tsk !
Famous last words: "We can get across the
intersection at Fourteenth and R without any
trouble."
Why Bar Uppercla$$men
From Student Activities?
We cannot, by the wildest stretch of imag
ination, perceive upperclassmen from other col
leges entering the University of Nebraska for
i lie sole purpose of participating in activities.
Charges offered to the effect that professional
ism would stalk unmolested into campus activ
ities if the present antique ruling were abol
ished are entirely without logical foundation
Filthy lucre does not abound in campus ac
tivities. Those who 'labor in the student publi
cations receive some pay, but most extracur
ricular duties are performed without compen
sation. This fact alone should discount suspi
cions that students would transfer to Nebraska
for the sake of mere activities.
What, then, is the purpose of this rule which
makes upperclassmen from other schools inelig
ible for student activities They are not fresh
men. It is sillyto contend that they need an
entire year to orient themnelvcs to college at
mosphere. When twenty-seven hours. in this
university are required, it means that transfers
must attend Nebraska for a year befors they
enter activities.
Must we protect thosu who have started at
this school? No. They hav caperience here
which gives them an advantage over the new.
comers. If these transfers are capable of edg
ing out loeal talent in activities, they denerve
the positions.
We recommend that the administrative
powers utriko this eligibility rule from their
otherwise commendable list.
Hats Off
And Pile Coat.
Cool days bring topcoats and overcoats into
use on the university campus, much to the chu
grin of those tender youths who need proteo
tion from the chilly atmosphere. The univer
sity is unaware, evidently, of this clothing
trend, for no facilities are provided in lecture
rooms for hats and coats.
Students are forced to pile their coats and
hats on extra chairs, radiators, tables, and fi
nally on the floor. The wrap-rush after class
dismissal resembles a class fight of sonie sort.
Those who get their own coats may rejoice;
those who fish their hats from the mess may
thank their lucky stars.
In a letter issued from the dean of student
affairs' office recently, adequate checking fa
cilities were demanded for downtown parties.
Tho university, we believe, might be wise to
start its reform at home.
Some system of hooks could easily be pro
vided. Will the university recognize this need
and relieve the garb situation?
Midnight Oil.
Lights in fraternity, sorority and rooming
house, windows late at night may indicate that
conscientious students are overworking them
selves on assignments. A too imaginative pub
lie might bo disillusioned if it could see through
the walls into these lighted rooms and col
legiate sessions.
Sessions are often educational, but most col
lege men and women carry them to extremes.
Tln'v talk nliout. overvthinc from clothes to
religion, classes to morals. Subjects upon which
all of the scssionists arc woefully uninformed
come in for heated discussions.
This Mould be an innocent practice it' it did
not detract from. the rather necessary business
of sleep. A certain amount of routine studying
must be done, by most students, however, and
if the traditional sessions interfere, then sleep
is the loser. Instructors who pilot 8 o'clock
classes through the educational rapids are
aware of a drowsiness on the part of their
flocks.
-Moderation, to repeat a well worn moral,
is the thing.
MERGING OF PRAIRIE
SCHOONER SUGGESTED
MORNING MAIL
A Mother Speaks.
To The Kditor :
As I understand the issue sanctioned by The
Daily Nebraskan it is whether or not smoking
rooms should be permitted in sorority houses,
uot whether or not our girls should smoke.-
We all have to admit that many of them do,
and since colleges, churches and homes do not
object to our boys smoking, it is ridiculous to
say that any moral issue is at stake unless it
is that of breaking a college rule.
1 confess that it is very distasteful to me to
see girls smoking, because of a prejudice of
long standing. But as a much interested
mother of a university daughter and sons J
hate to see a rule .in existence that forces hy
pocrisy and deceit.
1 feel certain that were our daughters al
lowed smoking rooms in their houses, there
would be no more smoking than there is at
present. It would take away any flavor of
smartness or deviltry. It would keep them from
seeking dark corners or public places, which
to my way of thinking is the greatest evil in
their smoking and a waste of time.
A COED'S MOTH Kit.
O'Brien Urges Nebraska's
Magazine Consolidate
With Two Others.
IOWA CITY, la. A consolida
tion of tha Prairie Schooner, Uni
versity of Nebraska literary mag
azine, with two similar publica
tions, tho Midland and the Fron
tier, to establish a new monthly
magazine In the middle west Is
urged by Edward J. O'Brien, pro
minent literary critic.
O'Brien's suggestion was made
in an article appearing recently in
the Des Moines Tribune-Capital.
He also suggested that Iown
City be considered the geographi
cal center of American literary life
to replace Boston of two genera
tions ago and New York City of
one generation past.
Includes Six lowans.
O'Brien included works of si
Iowa writers in his reccntly'pub
lished year book and Index to
short stories.
O'Brien gave Ruth Suckow,
daughter of an Iowa minister, his
three star mark of excellence to
four out of five of her stories pub
lished from June. 1929. to April,
1930. Other authors attributed to
Iowa and to whom the literaty
score keeper gives high ratings
are: Zona Gale, Victor Schultz cf
Des Moines. Jay G. Sigmund of
Cedar Kapids, Dixie Willson of
Ma son Cltv. MacKinlev Kan'or
and Harlan Miller of Des Moines.
Accordingly to ratings in the
vear bock, only two or three othor
American short story writers, in
cluding Janet Lewis and Manuel
Komroff, lecelved three star dis
tinction. Schultz's Story Basis.
Schultz's story, "Sniper," ap
pearing in the Grinncll Tanager m
March, formed the basis for his
selection. O'Brien gave it a two
star rating.
Zona Gale's "Need" reprinted in
thf. Golden Book received a two
star mark, and one star ratings
were given to "Brendy," published
in the American magazine and
"Summer Follies," in Harper's
Bazaar.
One star was given to each of
six stories by Sigmund and "Jolly
Cood Boots" by Dixie Willson,
published in the Delineator, re
ceived one star.
WESLEY PLAYERS
PRESENT PLAY IN
GREENWOOD, NEB.
Wesley Players, national dra
matic organization, presented the
religious drama, "St. Claudia," be
fore several hundred young people
at the Methodist church in Green-,
wood Sunday evening. The presen
tation of the play was the climax
to a large Epworth league rally
held there Sunday.
Leads were taken by Carolyn
Russell
Dean Sounds Warning Against Student
Exploitation Through Sales Contests
Warning against student ex
ploitation was made recently In a
letter from Dean T. J. Thompson's
office to all student organizations.
When students spend more money
for clothing and other things than
they can afford simply to give
their organization an advent ago
over others In some kind of cam
paign, they are being exploited,
reads the letter.
Dean Thompson says that the
university senate committee on
student organizations and social
functions places its stamp of dis
approval upon such exploitation.
The letter:
"The University of Nebraska
as a matter of policy does not
approve of sales campaigns
among Its students or among its
associated organizations through
which one or moro from among
them may receive certain special
benefits or privileges that may in
any way Influence students Indi
vidually or collectively to spend
money for clothing, special serv
ice, favors, entertainment, ct
cetera, that they do not need and
that mnnv from among them can
not afford. When students or or
ganizations spend beyond their
needs In response to such inllu
ences, they are being exploited.
Inasmuch as there have recently
been several Instances of this
practice, the unlveralty sennto
committee on student organiza
tions and social functions w.shes
to caution students about the mat
ter and place Its nlanip of dinap
proval upon the same."
DEAN T. J. THOMPSON.
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The minds of the great are al
ways busy. Something new every
day, they say, or tho world is
.standing still. A few years ago
some lonely person went arouna
sticking his linger In everybody's
eye and crying that Columbus
never pulled his famous egg trick.
Later on some friend not to be
outdone announced the discovery
that Longfellow's "Wreck of the
Hesperus" was so much poppy
cock, and that tho reef of Nor
man's Woe never was. They may
,f7 Scheduled and
Postponed Sorter
Games to lie Played
All scheduled and postponed
soccer opines must be played
this week.
Entries for Interfraternity
water polo and basketball tree
throw will not be received later
than Friday, Oct, 31, at 5:00.
All-University basketball free
throw contest will mve Into
the preliminary round Tuesday,
Nov. 4, on the coliseum sUgo
from 4:00 to 6:00 o'clock.
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TALKS AT UNI CLUB
Palmer Claims World Ready
For New Conception
Of God.
"Tho world Is ready for a new
conception of God," said Rev. Al
bert W. Palmer, president of the
Chicago Theological seminary at n
luncheon at the University club
yesterday noon. "Religion Is lack
ing from many aspects of Ameri
can life but we are ready to como
out of it," he said.
The talk was the first of a ser
ies here. He ppenks at a convoca
tion t 11 o'rlork today in tha
Temple on "The Art of Sclf-Man-ngemcnt."
He spenks at Y.'W. C.
A. vespers at 5 o'clock on "Build
ing a Friendly World." In tho
evening he will speak In Social
Sciences auditorium on "ine in
evitable God, and the God We
1 Choose."
Deplores Secularism.
Rev. Palmer deplored the secu-
! larlsm of modern religion and laid
l tho blamo for the condition mainly
! upon the prosperity of the Ameri
can people. He siated that II was
I not onlv an American condition
, but international and pointed out
1 the Influence of the war.
I He illustrated his point with a
play he had seen, "Street Scene,"
; which contained something of
every phase of life In It except re
ligion. It contained only one ref
erence to God, according to Pal
mer, and that was a questioning
doubt as to His identity. He com
pared that play to real American
life and showed the likenesses. He
then told of another play which
made him believe that America
was coming out of the condition.
"Green pastures" was the play In
which religion is the central theme
and in which God himself appears
on the stage.
I'n.ii (lap ShIph Show
Mia Increase at Ohio
a misnomer. Are they not to i must be accomplished. The public , ohloMore than
considered? i n ln.e 'ucu'. A I thousand freshman caps wer3
title, that Is, most of them. Why
not appoint committees to super
vise their production? During
the war we had "dollar a year"
men, why not "book a ear" men
now. Then after five years they
could be retired on a pension. Of
course all this would have to be
be rieht. but think of all the school . oreanized and financed. All that
children, who during the fleeting
years have recited tnat famous
poem, or read the story of Colum
bus. And think of the waves! The
waves that for countless years
have been breaking over the
famous reef that some would have
as
be
is needed is co-operation. Spirit
must be aroused. Demonstrations
must be carried on. Slogans must
be borne about, such as " One Man,
One Book," or "Give Up the Ghost
Writers," etc. One, thing above all
V'ET IT SEEMS of no avail. The
past must be stirred up and
strewn about. The latest appears
in the form of a contest, sponsored
by a leading periodical, the object
oi which is io determine the twelve j
greatest dates in history. Twenty
ireshmen sent in lists headed by i
Cleopatra and Bathsheba, but be
ing freshmen they were wrong.
Historians are going to fuss and
slew and create many enemies be
fore it i3 all over. Even then it
won't be settled because nobody
will list the really important
events. Who cares about the
Magna Carta, or whether the
Phoenicians were the big noise in
the Mediterranean regatta. For a
few real important dates we might
suggest these:
J 0,000 or 5,000 R. C? The Crea
tion of Eve. Somewhere along In
thia period we have the appearance
of Adam. Adam had his claim
already staked out before Eve ar
rived. She came after Adam, and
one
nave io see jusi wnai sain, a ; thjg iQ nfiW en on the
problem Is confronting them.: oh)o sUte unlvcr8lty campus. This
There's only one way to get such ; , nn lncrens(, of nearly twenty per
an idea across -some one ought to fent over the number sold last
write a book about it.' yenr.
The influence of the freshman
N TT nFRATFc 'V rmp lat summer, and the In-
totS tttoit merest of various campus organi-
MEET ENGLISH fcltUolw Vo ieHtore 0jd traditions
LAST EVENING are responsible it Is believed.
(Continued from rage l.)
the general discussion of the mr:i
tion.
Pass Ballots.
Preceding the debate ballot
Sigma Upsilon Meetn
At Alpha Thet House
About twenty-five members and
were passed to the audience upon j guests of Sigma Upsilon. honorary
Cooper as Claudia and
Lindskog as Pontius Pilate, hus- j thereby started one of the world's
band of Claudia. The story deals I greatest customs for woman has
with the mental struggle both i Deen aft er man ever since.
Claudia and Pilate undergo when j 1057 Lady Macbeth's speech,
the latter has to decide the case "Out damned spot, out." It is easy
of Jesus Christ who is brought to to visualize the results of Lady
him for judgment. ! M's words. A great industry has
Rev. W. C. Fawell. university j sprung into being from this simple
pasior. gave a lew .m.uuuctu., . netu. ',...! 40: still favorable to the question.
remarks betore me presentation , August zv. iju-jwayor earner . , M. 0 cd - t0 the
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which they were to express their
opinion as to the merits ot tne
question in their own mind. An
other ballot was paajed after the
debate which allowed the audience
to register any change of opinion.
The vote was not supposed to be
upon the ability of the debaters
but upon the voter's stand upon
the question.
In spite of the fact that we live
in a, country which claims democ
racy the ballot showed the follow
ing results:
Before the debate: Favorable to
the question as 9tated, 68; neutral,
68; opposed to the question, 116.
After the debate: More favor
able to the question than before,
literary fraternity, met at the Al
pha Theta Chi house last Sunday
evening. Manuscripts, both origi
nal and selected, w?re read and
criticized. Frederick Christensen.
secretary of the organization, pre
sided. Refreshments were served
by William Spear and Jack Erick-son.
PROFESSOR SAYS
COLLEGE SHOLLI)
New York City.
question, as stated, bo: more op-,
posed to the question than before, j
36. Some interesting comments
O '. ' 0 ! accompanied some ot the ballots
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Linn Food.
To The Editor:' '
The Barb council (hot to be coiiI'iimi! with j
the Barb political machine) emloi-sed the Aw
gwan with certain reservations at its last meet
ing. The Barb council wants a 50 percent Barb
representation on the editorial staff. In addi
tion, the resolution reads, "The resurrected
magazine will have to maintain certain moral
and literary standards," which, plainly put,
means that the dominant note shall not be sex,
booze, and smut. 1 wonder if the barb leaders
childishly believe that the presence of their
selected editors if they be chosen from the
student body at large will be any more able,
by this presence, to guarantee us a cleaner
humor journal than the Greeks alone could
put out.
Does not the past history of this "Lazarus
thing" teaeh us anything? Why has the Aw
gwan got the axe some four times within the
last fifteen years?
Xo organization or group of editors can give
us a humor magazine. Why? The Nebraska
student body must be fed lion food raw and
red meat; they demand it. They will give a
magazine of that typo financial support; any
magazine must have it.
Must Nebraska come to it? Musi we goad
on and whet the carnivorous appetite' Is it
not necessary, but certainly it must be advis
able for us to lay aside our tovs at some stage
of the game! MAD HATTER.
RF T IKF FACTORY' fcy tne thousands, by the hundreds
UK LIIVEJ 1 0 thousands. You can find them
-"Universities ; on every hand, yea verily, even
underfoot. Time was when a chap
with a literary turn of mind was
LEARN TO DANCE
Will guarantee to tem-h you to
dunce In six privnte lessons
Ballroom and Tap
Special Course In
Ballroom Variations
I specialize in Correcting Defective
D.incing
Class dances for students.
Lessons morning, afternoon anil
evening by nppointmenl.
Lee A. Thornberry !
SEATTLE, Wash
should be more like factories."
That was the declaration of Dr.
William R. Wilson, professor of i respected, ana looked up to as one
Dsvcholocv at the University of I of those cnoice few who under-
Washington, in an address recently 1 stood and appreciated the finer
at the University Congregational
church.
"A factory scrutinizes its raw
material; It puts its raw material
to its best use; It doesn't turn out
its finished product until it is
made into something useful," said
Wilson.
"Entrance requirements could
be done away with," he declared.
"Students could be entered and
treated according to their differ
ences, as factories treat their raw
material. Specialists, should be
hired to find out what each stu
dent is best fitted for."
Benglson Invited Io
Ueturii to Columbia
thines of life. A well read man
was a personage of importance.
He said things nicely, and handled
quips and phrases from selected
works adroitly. He could be
counted on to say just the right
thing at just the right time. To
day all is changed. Everybody
reads the "best sellers." The class
ics arc well known and are con
stantly being plagiarized to furn
ish more reading material. Rich
man, poor mn, beggar man, thief
all sny, "Have you seen my li
brary?" Books are given as bridge
prices and you can buy Shake
speare's entire writings for $1.25.
COLLEGE COMMENT
Coeds Prohibit Smoking.
It is often stated on this and other campuses
that girls must, have their cigarets. In fact,
the practice has become so generally recog
nized that many sororityTiouses have provided
special smoking rooms in order to evade the
panhellenic, and in most cases national, so
rority ruling that they must not smoke in their
rooms.
The many millions of cigarets smoked by
women during the past year may be proof that
the practice is not merely a temporary fad but
an established habit. News reports throughout
the country indicate that . at least in ome
places the girls themselves are prohibiting the
use of tobacco among their sex. The latest of
such reports comes from the social hall of a
branch of New York university, where the girls
petitioned to have smoking forbidden because
they considered it a nuisance.
Given freedom, the average group of girls
will recognize certain principles for themselves,
but to attempt to force them toward any moral
conduct is to invite temptation. The Daily
ICansan.
! M V. V'ERTH ELESS, books ate
1 wordy articles. The only ob-
. , joction to so many is that one can
Dr. Nels A. Bengtson, head ot I nf)Vr fimi tim tn rend them al!.
the department of geography here,
has been invited to return to lo
and if you stop to choose or dis
criminate another two thousand
lumbia university next summer to j nave crcpt U1, on you. There seems
take charge of the work in eco-1 to be no rctnedy, for publishers i
nonuc geograpny. uoctor dithsi.- nave always been known to use!
DUI1 UAO UCCI1 tni:4c AVI vt
past two summers, and plans to
arrange to return for the summer
school session next year.
The course given there la the
equivalent of the first semester of
economic geography aa presented
here. Doctor Bengtson will have
charge of graduate work in the
subject also.
Miss Pound Again on
Selection Committee
Miss Louise Pound of the depart
ment of English has been asked
to serve again on the committee
of selection of the Guggenheim
Memorial foundation. This com
mittee has charge of the awarding
of fellowships for foreign research.
The appointment involves consid
erable work and will take liss
Pound to New York City several
times next semester to attend
meetings of the foundation. Miss
Pound Is also a member of the na
tional council of the foundation.
the most draatle methods in dis
couraguig would-be authors, and !
yet see what a crop Is left. What
to do!
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IT MIGHT BE possible to attack j
this problem In another way. i
Take these authors who turn out
a book every year. The only new
thing they have to offer Is the
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